What Kind of Paint on Cement Board Heat Shield

I have cement board for a heat shield behind my stove. Can I use any kind of paint on the cement board? I don't want it to peel or flake off from the stoves heat. thanks

I used some rustoleum I had laying around for 10 yrs or so & that was 8 yrs ago--no peeling or anything--It's the painter, not the paint--don't be bashful with it

Here in Québec, insurraces company ask for water based paint on the cement heat shields but don't know if it's very important
Anyways I used regular water based paint on the cement heat shield on the back of the Golden Bride

My insurance company is not a problem but would be with a lot of people.

Fred, Did the rustoleum smell when you got it it hot the first couple times?

Nortcan, By water based do you mean latex? Maybe acrylic latex?

Im hoping to use a darker white color to kinda almost match my crappy 110 year old walls but don't want to have to redo it if it burns or falls off.

Im getting good advise here and thru a PM I received, thank you.

It's a good 20" from the stove--never gets hot nor smells--what are you useing as spacers off the wall? I used ceramic fence thinger-do's

How hot does the tomahawk get?

So Fred, is, "Thinger-Do's" a technical term?

I mean, if I were to go to the store and ask for them by name I'd go to the sales person, "Umm..yeah, I'm looking for some of them thar, "Thinger-Do's". Do you have them?"

Then he'd be all like, "Oh yeah, they are over by the "What's-It's"."

And I'd be all, "HEY!! Thanks. You're a life-saver."

samhill wrote:How hot does the tomahawk get?

I was thinking the same thing.

Hot enough to keep a bunch of HONKEY butt-heads out of my hair OK, if we gotta get city technical, we'd ask for ceramic fenceing insulators

Why didn't you just say so in the first place, I don't think too many city hardware stores would stock them but you never know. They might have a big ole bin of thing-a-ma-jigs & what-cha-ma-ma-call-its t hat they will let you look thru.

Yep, I got thinger-do's between the board and wall. The spacing by the wall is at 1 1/2". My insurance company was pretty happy with my setup the one time they were here. My stove is closer than yours to the board as its a close clearance stove set at an angle like yours is. Thanks for the help.

OK, it was eatin at me while I was out bush-hoggin--sooo, for clarification. I never really looked at the hatchet till right now, I just used it--butttt, it is made by PLUMB (USA) and the exact duplicate, & I mean EXACT, of a vintage E C Simmons Keen Kutter axe/hatchet--OK, enough nostalgia for this AM

warminmn wrote:My insurance company is not a problem but would be with a lot of people.

Fred, Did the rustoleum smell when you got it it hot the first couple times?

Nortcan, By water based do you mean latex? Maybe acrylic latex?

Im hoping to use a darker white color to kinda almost match my crappy 110 year old walls but don't want to have to redo it if it burns or falls off.

Im getting good advise here and thru a PM I received, thank you.

Yes, latex paint. No smell and easy to apply. The cement bord at the back of my Golden Bride is only a few inches from the stove pipe, 6"" to be precise and the inspector asked a lot of questions about the heat board, paint and WHAT was behind the cement board...I had a mini heat shield and the stuff at the back, a sort of sample to show him. He took a few pics and said well very good...

freetown fred wrote:OK, it was eatin at me while I was out bush-hoggin--sooo, for clarification. I never really looked at the hatchet till right now, I just used it--butttt, it is made by PLUMB (USA) and the exact duplicate, & I mean EXACT, of a vintage E C Simmons Keen Kutter axe/hatchet--OK, enough nostalgia for this AM

It looks a bit like my old shingle hammer. Broadhead one side, hammer on the other and a slight channel in the bottom of the broadhead for pullin nails. Was the perfect weapon for cedar shingling. Still is!

Yesterday I put latex paint on it. It sounds like about any paint would have worked, but I had the latex here and it matches my walls, if I scrubbed my walls, lol. Thanks everyone. Nice hawk.